Feature #176

Secure updates are a necessity.

Added by Jim Gettys about 2 years ago. Updated about 1 year ago.

Status:In Progress Start date:05/23/2011
Priority:High Due date:
Assignee:Dave Täht % Done:

0%
Category:- Spent time: 2.00 hours
Target version:Cerowrt-Next

Description

Home routers are not getting updated properly: they are a security nightmare waiting to happen.

We can do better.

While every router should allow the user to do what they want, most don't ever do security updates, and this is a problem. So the updates themselves need to be secure, but also automated properly.

History

#1
Updated by Jim Gettys about 2 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature

#2
Updated by Dave Täht almost 2 years ago

  • Status changed from New to In Progress
  • Assignee set to Dave Täht
  • Target version set to 1st Public Cerowrt release

The package architecture for openwrt has issues.
There is no support for checking the dns authentication bit in the core ipkg system
(not only that but I have no idea how to do so from normal C, either, as yet.)

Still it's interesting, needed, useful, and on my very long list.

#3
Updated by Dave Täht over 1 year ago

  • Target version changed from 1st Public Cerowrt release to 13

We can do better, but not in this release.

#4
Updated by Jim Gettys over 1 year ago

  • Project changed from ISCWRT to Cerowrt

#5
Updated by Dave Täht about 1 year ago

  • Target version changed from 13 to Cerowrt-Next

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